Posts Tagged ‘holidays’
Holidays at the White House
The White House Drivewaycourtesy of tbridge
The White House’s Office of Public Engagement and Office of Digital Strategy combined yesterday to host about 150 people for another White House Tweetup at the Old Executive Office Building, and upped the ante by providing with it a tour of the White House made up for Christmas. I [...]
Thanksgiving Pie Sale Benefits Food & Friends
‘Pumpkin Pie’
courtesy of ‘Bethany Ann Khan’
At the DC foodie happy hour last month, I found out about this great holiday pie sale to benefit Food & Friends, called Slice of Life. While I’ve never volunteered for Food & Friends, it is a great organization with a great reputation. And we all know that it’s going to [...]
St. Patty’s Day Celebrations
‘Battle-ready helmet’
courtesy of ‘quinn.anya’
DC is going green, but not in the sustainable way — more like the “you look a little green…how many Guinnesses have you had?” way. Last weekend was the giant St. Patrick’s Day parade in Alexandria, which is often accompanied by an entire day in the multiple Irish pubs in Old Town, [...]
Featured Photo
Santa the Magnificent by M.V. Jantzen
With Christmas just over a week away (ahem, photo contest), you have to ask yourself, “Have you been naughty or nice?” If you answered the latter, have you made your list for Santa? You know you’re dying for a Slanket or a Snuggie. If you’ve just about had enough of [...]
Downtown Holiday Market Opens
Russian Egg Ornaments by Tom Bridge
The Downtown Holiday Market on F Street in Penn Quarter started at noon today, and features dozens of market stalls of some of the coolest locally-made stuff that I’ve seen. There are homemade cutting boards, made with beautifully-grained Shenandoah trees, amazing decoupage boxes in just about every shape and [...]
The Office Holiday Party
Today is ordinarily the day when I tell you about some comedic happening in DC, why you should go see it, and when some malcontent starts snarking in the comments about whether or not the comedian in question is funny. But not today. Why?
It’s December, and the back and upstairs rooms of bars and restaurants [...]
Extended Weekend: What to Do?
Jive Turkey, courtesy of F1RSTBORN
In town for the holidays and not a cook? Looking for some dining options other than wrestling with a big ol’ Butterball and your mom yammering in your ear? Hosting relatives and looking for things to get them out of the house? Or are you an international visitor and don’t celebrate [...]
